TG is both scripted and staged. Take what you see and hear with a pinch of salt.

TG is both scripted and staged. Take what you see and hear with a pinch of salt.

It's just a shame that they make it all so obvious. The first few times they tried the silly stuff with 'accidents' and 'mishaps' you could almost have believed them. But the HPE on fire was so poorly done you could see the fuel for the fire smeared around the bonnet edges. Can do better 5/10, although I still enjoyed the Lancia article overall as I am a Lancia fan.

The best bit of the program in my opinion was the way the Superb made the (smallish) caravan look like a tiny shoebox!!!

The best part of Top Gear was : -

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I liked the Stratos and the Delta, the rep looked f*ck*ng sketchy on track though...

I’ve driven a Evo similar to the red one in your picture Bryan, I would post it up but photobucket is undergoing maintenance (where have I heard that before!!!!) so I can’t. :(

I liked the Stratos and the Delta, the rep looked f*ck*ng sketchy on track though...

And there's a lot being said about it over on the Stratos forums.. http://www.stratossupersite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7683

And there's a lot being said about it over on the Stratos forums.. http://www.stratossupersite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7683

Very informative link. I hope this comes to light in the public eye.

Ah, I can't post pictures it would seem. Still it was a white Evo, complete with little pink elephants

What has all this Lancia sentimentality got to do with Skoda Superbs?? . My brother had a Lancia Beta HPE years ago and he had the misfortune to have to use it as daily transport. All his spare time was taken up with keeping the thing from falling apart!!. Pretty cars they may have been, but as a form of transport they were as much use as a chocolate teapot!!

What has all this Lancia sentimentality got to do with Skoda Superbs?? . My brother had a Lancia Beta HPE years ago and he had the misfortune to have to use it as daily transport. All his spare time was taken up with keeping the thing from falling apart!!. Pretty cars they may have been, but as a form of transport they were as much use as a chocolate teapot!!

My Beta Coupe used to deposit endless supplies of self tapping screws in the passenger footwell. So many in fact a boyfriend at that time used to go to my car to find the odd one if something needed doing around the house :( .. It rusted in front of your eyes and the exhaust fell off twice. I loved it.

Staged - obvious really.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1232622/Top-Gear-stunt-saw-airship-flying-airport-exposed-carefully-orchestrated-fake.html

The car looked like the Octavia not the superb

Nope, definitely a Superb. It was bigger than an Octavia ;-)